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Sūra 80: ’Abasa, or He Frowned Index Previous Next
1. (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,
2. Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).
3. Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka
3. But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-
4. Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra
4. Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?
5. As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,
6. To him dost thou attend;
7. Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka
7. Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding).
8. But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,
9. And with fear (in his heart),
10. Of him wast thou unmindful.
11. By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction:
12. Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.
13. (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,
14. Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,
15. (Written) by the hands of scribes-
16. Honourable and Pious and Just.
17. Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu
17. Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah.
18. Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu
18. From what stuff hath He created him?
19. Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu
19. From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
20. Thumma alssabeela yassarahu
20. Then doth He make His path smooth for him;
21. Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;
22. Thumma itha shaa ansharahu
22. Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).
23. Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu
23. By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.
24. Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi
24. Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):
25. For that We pour forth water in abundance,
26. Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan
26. And We split the earth in fragments,
27. And produce therein corn,
28. And Grapes and nutritious plants,
29. And Olives and Dates,
30. And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,
31. And fruits and fodder,-
32. MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum
32. For use and convenience to you and your cattle.
33. Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu
33. At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-
34. Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi
34. That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,
35. And from his mother and his father,
36. And from his wife and his children.
37. Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithin sha/nun yughneehi
37. Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others.
38. Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun
38. Some faces that Day will be beaming,
39. Laughing, rejoicing.
40. Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun
40. And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,
41. Blackness will cover them:
42. Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu
42. Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.